Straight to the POINT

THE bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland has been given the green light, but with the IRA’s recent bid to plant a bomb on a ferry, maybe red lights should be flashing, too.

B. Steven, Glenrothes, Fife.

n BEFORE spending billions on a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland to unite the Union, sort out storm-hit Hebden Bridge.

J. Walmsley, Bury, Gtr Manchester.

n THE title of John Bercow’s autobiography, Unspeakable, sums him up perfectly.

BRIAN MASON, Swadlincote, derbys.

SHOULDER GATE: Shoulder great or Shoulder grate?

HUW BEYNON, llandeilo, Carms.

n WHY were people whingeing about being stranded at railway stations during Storm Ciara? Didn’t they check the forecast before travelling?

ROBIN THOMPSON, St leonards-on-Sea, e. Sussex.

n BAD enough being put in isolation after coming home from China, but Milton Keynes?

Terry Caldon, thanet, Kent.

n I’M so pleased I can’t afford Florence Pugh’s red carpet stylist.

S. Crosby, Hull, e. Yorks.

n AS THE daughter of an officer, it annoys me when TV dramas show a policeman’s helmet strap under the chin rather than above it.

ann miller, Saffron Walden, essex.

ONE way for the BBC to save cash is to go back to a teapot as a game show star prize.

tony thompson, Banbury, oxon.

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